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Snow by John Banville

kurbanski's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jeffreyb721's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A good mystery with an old timey feel.

alison18's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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mcearl12's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed every page of this book. Unfamiliar with this author so I’ll be haunting the shelves for other works by him.

pujadev's review against another edition

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1.0

This book made me really mad. The plot is so predictable, almost lazy which surprised me because Mr. Banville is a highly renowned author. The women are written almost as caricatures of what the author thinks 'alluring/mysterious' women should be like and all of them are somehow attracted to the rather unimpressive, bumbling Inspector. This one was a DNF for me.

organchordsandlightning's review against another edition

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mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While an intriguing mystery (with some genuinely interesting political situations thrown in), I don't think the emotional core of the novel hit very well. It was really trying to set up St. John as a protagonist for a further detective series, but any look at his emotional core tended to be the most uninteresting parts of the book. 

hannah_gunn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

wenjoy's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5

_shonahenderson's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mindfulmagpie's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Another atmospheric story from John Banville, a nice tangent to the Quirke books